Publication ethics
Article Publication Terms
The journal accepts previously unpublished articles in Kazakh, English, or Russian that are relevant to the journal's scope and are formatted strictly according to the article formatting requirements.
The manuscript of an article must be submitted to the journal's editorial board by the corresponding author (selected from the authors' group if there are two or more co-authors) no later than the first day of the last month of the quarter. Articles containing at least 3,000 words and no more than 9,000 words are accepted for publication in the journal.
The manuscript must be uploaded via the electronic platform by the corresponding author, indicating all information about the article and its authors.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy, novelty, and validity of their research results. During the manuscript's review by the journal's editorial board and reviewers, as well as after its publication, the authors undertake not to submit the manuscript for publication in another journal.
During the manuscript processing stages, communication between the editorial board, the corresponding author, and the reviewers is conducted exclusively through the online platform https://journals.cityu.edu.kz/.
The journal's editorial board reviews manuscripts submitted by the author(s), organizes their review, and makes a decision on publication or rejection within three weeks of the manuscript's receipt via the online platform.
Plagiarism
When reviewing a manuscript for compliance with formal requirements (manuscript formatting), the editorial board of a scientific journal also checks it for plagiarized text using a plagiarism checker.
Only original articles that are 75% or more original, as determined by the plagiarism checker, are sent for further review. If a manuscript does not meet the journal's formatting requirements and is not considered an original work based on the plagiarism check, the manuscript is returned to the author for correspondence so that appropriate changes can be made and the manuscript can be resubmitted for review by the editorial board via the journal's online platform.
If authors have used the work of other researchers in writing their article, they must cite these scholars' works and correctly format the cited text.
In the event of violations of the principles, standards, and norms of scientific ethics accepted by the international community, the editorial board of the journal undertakes to act in accordance with the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Copyright
Authorship of the manuscript belongs to the researchers who directly participated in the manuscript's creation, conception, writing, and interpretation of the results, and who made a significant contribution to the scientific results.
Authors retain copyright to their manuscripts and permit others to freely download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, or copy them, provided that they acknowledge the authorship of the work and provide a link to the original publication in this journal. No permission from the authors or publisher is required for any of these actions, provided the journal is referenced.
Authors reserve the right to distribute their article in other sources, provided they provide a link to the original publication in this journal.
Disclosure Policy and Conflicts of Interest
Editors and reviewers are prohibited from using unpublished data from submitted manuscripts in their own research without the author's written consent.
Information or ideas obtained through peer review that may be advantageous must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not review manuscripts if they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or other organizations associated with the submitted work.
Confidentiality Policy
The editors of the journal do not disclose information about manuscripts accepted for review to third parties other than designated reviewers before publication. The editors also do not disclose information about reviewers to authors or other individuals.
These and other standards of conduct for participants in the publication process—namely, the principles, norms, and standards of conduct for authors, editorial board members, publishers, and reviewers — are based on publication ethics accepted by the international community.
Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
- provides direct management and organizes the Journal's work;
- coordinates the Journal's publishing activities;
- approves the artistic and technical design of the Journal;
- makes suggestions for improving the Journal's activities and enhancing its efficiency;
- provides logistical support and creates optimal conditions for the high-quality work of the Journal;
- monitors the Journal staff's compliance with the University's charter and regulations, including the Internal Rules, occupational health and safety regulations, and fire safety;
- makes decisions on rejecting or approving articles;
- resolves disagreements between editors and authors;
- makes decisions on publishing the Journal.
Scientific Editor:
- organizes and oversees the planning, timely, and high-quality preparation of materials for publication;
- selects materials for the Journal, monitors compliance with the publication schedule;
- reviews article manuscripts and review papers;
- reviews manuscripts accepted for publication, providing authors with the necessary assistance (in improving the structure, choosing terms, formatting illustrations, etc.), and agrees with them on recommended changes;
- checks that authors have complied with reviewers' comments and the requirements imposed on manuscripts during their revision, the completeness of the submitted material, and the correspondence of manuscript titles to their content;
- prepares materials for concluding agreements with external reviewers, coordinates the work on conducting external and internal peer review of articles;
- consults authors of scientific articles, structural divisions on the publishing activities of the Journal;
- participates in resolving issues related to the artistic and technical design of the Journal;
- performs the duties of the Editor-in-Chief in the absence of his/her job description;
- checks the spelling of cited quotations and numerical data, the use and spelling of names, terms, units of measurement, and the conformity of the cited symbols with the designations established by the standards or adopted requirements of the Journal.
Technical Secretary:
- checks the completeness of submitted material (articles), their compliance with the Journal's requirements, and forwards them to the scientific editor;
- submits applications for assigning DOIs to articles and adds them;
- posts and updates journal issues on the website;
- maintains an article archive;
- maintains the information content of the journal's website.
